Srinagar: The saffron production registered in 2016-17 was 4.28 kgs per hectare while it was 4.26 kgs of saffron per hectare production recorded for 2015-16.
The figures were revealed in a merting after Minister for Agriculture Ghulam Nabi Lone Hanjura and Minister for Education Syed Mohammad Altaf Bukhari today laid down the foundation stone of mushroom lab at Agriculture Complex Lal Mandi.
The three story lab would be set up at an estimated cost of Rs 2.56 crore.
On this occasion, Director Agriculture Kashmir, Joint director Inputs and other senior officers of the agriculture department were present.
During the meeting, the Minister was given a comprehensive outlook about the production of saffron, paddy, maize, wheat, fodder, pulses, vegetables, oil-seed and other crops in current and previous years.
The Minister was informed that 4.26 kgs of saffron per hectare production were recorded for 2015-16, while the saffron production of 4.28 kgs per hectare was registered in 2016-17. Similarly for Paddy 54 qts per hectare were recorded for 2015-16, while for 2016-17 57.24 qts per hectare were recorded for 2016-17. For 2015-16, the maize production of 21.31 qts per hectare was recorded and for the following year of 2016-17 24.08 qts per hectare, were recorded. Likewise, 32.28 qts per hectare of maize production was recorded in 2017-18. 316 qts per hectare of vegetable production was recorded in 2015-16, while 318 qts per hectare were recorded in 2016-17 and 325 qts per hectare in 2017-18
